Corrected entry: When Ali has a fights with his third wife, you can clearly see the ocean from the windows. They are both supposed to be in Zaire, which is a landlocked country.
Ali (2001)
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Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring: Will Smith, Jon Voight, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jeffrey Wright, Bruce McGill, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver
Factual error: In the scene where Ali arrives in Zaire, as he is walking across the airport tarmac you can see a white Land Rover Discovery behind the crowds. These weren't made until the late 1980s.
Muhammad Ali: Man, without me, you'd just be a mouth and a microphone.
Howard Cosell: And without me, you'd just be a mouth.
Trivia: Giancarlo Esposito plays Cassius Clay's father. In real life, Esposito is only ten years older than Will Smith.
Question: What's the name of the song playing at the end, when Ali defeats Foreman, and also when Ali is running through Zaire?
Answer: The song at the end is called Tomorrow by sauf keita. Its on the soundtrack and is the same one when Ali is running through zaire.
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Correction: Kinshasa, (former) Zaire's capital, is situated next to the Congo stream. What you see is this river, not the ocean.